| Evan Whyland | |||||||||
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| Days of our Lives | |||||||||
| Portrayed by | Lane Davies | ||||||||
| Current status | Former; Regular | ||||||||
| Duration | 1981-82 | ||||||||
| First appearance | June 19, 1981 | ||||||||
| Last appearance | September 22, 1982 | ||||||||
| Cause/reason | Died | ||||||||
| Created by | Gary Tomlin and Michelle Poteet Lisanti | ||||||||
| Introduced by | Betty Corday and Al Rabin | ||||||||
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| Gender | Male | ||||||||
| Cause of death | Died while in surgery | ||||||||
| Occupation | Doctor | ||||||||
| Residence | Salem, Illinois (at time of death) | ||||||||
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Evan Whyland was a character from the soap opera Days of Our Lives, portrayed by Lane Davies from 1981-82.
Storylines
Evan was a doctor at Salem University Hospital. He was romantically linked to Sandy Horton and was originally believed to be Sarah Horton's biological father until it was revealed that Neil Curtis had been Maggie Horton Kiriakis's sperm donor.
Evan came to Salem to accept a position at Salem University Hospital. Soon after he learned from Neil that his sperm was used to inseminate Maggie, and he began to call on Maggie and pay close attention to her. Later Evan began to date Lorie Masters and the two married. They wanted to have children, but Lori was unable to. Evan went to Neil, who found a surrogate mother, Maggie Horton. However, Lorie was killed in 1981 by the Salem Strangler.
In 1981 Evan learned from Neil that he was the sperm donor for Maggie's baby. Evan wanted custody of Sarah Horton Kiriakis, but after a legal battle with Mickey Horton and Maggie he lost. Evan still payed visits to Maggie and Sarah from time to time, and on one visit he hid a safe deposit box key at Maggie's. The key opened a box which held evidence of money laundering by the DiMera family and their involvement in Stuart Whyland's death and used it to blackmail.
In 1982 Evan became engaged to Sandy Horton, and bought her a very expensive engagement ring. However Sandy soon learned he was fooling around behind her back she quickly broke off the engagement, and told Maggie she could kill Evan for what he did. Later Evan was forced to undergo surgery, and Sandy had to perform it. Alex Marshall, now working for Stefano DiMera, switched Alex's chart and as a result he was given a penicillin he was allergic to and died. Alex's last words were about Stefano, which led Mickey and Don Craig to do some investigating.